skip

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Skipped p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping. ] [ OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch. ] 1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. [ 1913 Webster ]

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A light leap or bound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Busby. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [ Slang. ] Swift. --
Skip mackerel. (Zool.) See Bluefish, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An upstart. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, skips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) The saury (Scomberesox saurus). [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship. ] 1. (Naut.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A ship boy. [ Obs. ] Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. skip, E. skipper. See Ship. ] 1. A small boat; a skiff. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A little skippet floating did appear. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small round box for keeping records. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]